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Marco Gradoni becomes youngest Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Marco Gradoni becomes youngest Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Image: World Sailing

SailGP’s F50 crowned World Sailing’s Boat of the Year
SailGP’s F50 crowned World Sailing’s Boat of the Year
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Great Britain SailGP Team, helmed by Dylan Fletcher, practises on The Solent ahead of Event 4 Season 1 SailGP event in Cowes. Photo Eloi Stichelbaut for SailGP.

Shoreside Learning
Shoreside Learning
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Develop your knowledge this winter with the RYA’s range of books and shorebased courses… 

Winter is closing in and the days are getting shorter. For most of us this will also mean less time on the water, so how can you best pre...

Show Stoppers
Show Stoppers
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

They are glass, classy and recyclable and we can expect to see more of them…

I was on the Canal du Nivernais in France this summer. A bottle of rosé was brought to the afterdeck for sunset drinks. No surprise about that. But instea...

Your guide to engine winterisation
Your guide to engine winterisation
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Nick Eales, managing director of Sea Start Ltd, has 10 top tips for winterising your engine.

If you are planning to take you boat out of commission over the winter it is important to winterise the engine to avoid problems before the spring re-la...

Britain’s two Sams challenge as fleet divides
Britain’s two Sams challenge as fleet divides
Tuesday, 29 October 2019

©Eloi Stichelbaut – polaRYSE / Initiatives Coeur

BLEDDYN GOES FROM WELSH SQUADS TO AMERICAS CUP
BLEDDYN GOES FROM WELSH SQUADS TO AMERICAS CUP
Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Welsh sailor Bleddyn Môn has been selected to be part of the British Americas Cup challenging INEOS Team UK for the second time.

The Anglesey sailor, who came up through the Welsh sailing system to compete nationally and internationally in...

British leader dismasted
British leader dismasted
Monday, 28 October 2019

Luke Berry and co-skipper Tanguy Le Turquais are training onboard their Class 40 Lamotte – Module Creation prior to the Transat Jacques Vabre, off La Trinite sur Mer, France, on July 3, 2019. (Photo by Pierre Bouras)<...

Britain set to challenge French dominance as Route du Café begins
Britain set to challenge French dominance as Route du Café begins
Sunday, 27 October 2019

Fleet is taking a good start during the Transat Jacques Vabre 2019, duo sailing race from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, on October 27, 2019 in Le Havre, France. (Photo by Alea)

MARLOW’S RECYCLED BLUE OCEAN DOCKLINE IS DAME AWARD NOMINATED
MARLOW’S RECYCLED BLUE OCEAN DOCKLINE IS DAME AWARD NOMINATED
Friday, 25 October 2019

Marlow Ropes has announced that its eco-conscious Blue Ocean Dockline, made from 100% recycled waste plastic bottles has been nominated for a DAME Award 2019 at the METSTRADE show taking place in Amsterdam this November.

Managing Director Jon Mi...

Highfield Boats reveals support RIB for new HUGO BOSS campaign
Highfield Boats reveals support RIB for new HUGO BOSS campaign
Friday, 25 October 2019

Highfield Boats, the world’s leading aluminium RIB supplier, was finally able to reveal its brand new ultra-high specification support RIB for Alex Thompson’s next campaign when the new HUGO BOSS IMOCA 60 was christened just a few week...

Solent Sunbeam welcomed at the Classic Yacht Regattas
Solent Sunbeam welcomed at the Classic Yacht Regattas
Friday, 25 October 2019

Dainty passes Elena

Mills and McIntyre up for top gong
Mills and McIntyre up for top gong
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Image: Sailing Energy/World Sailing

Charity’s 200th Wheelyboat will call Anglesey home
Charity’s 200th Wheelyboat will call Anglesey home
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Image: Karl Midlane

VIDEO: METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON AND LIGHTNING STORM CAPTURED AS CLIPPER 2019-20 RACE APPROACHED PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY
VIDEO: METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON AND LIGHTNING STORM CAPTURED AS CLIPPER 2019-20 RACE APPROACHED PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY
Tuesday, 22 October 2019

 

After a hard fought and challenging 5,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic, the Clipper Race fleet faced one more hurdle in the last 48 hours as they started to get closer to Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Fourth time’s a charm as Largs gets top marks once again
Fourth time’s a charm as Largs gets top marks once again
Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Largs Yacht Haven has been awarded the industry’s top accreditation, the Five Gold Anchor award, for the fourth time in a row.

The Gold Anchor award scheme rates the quality, level of service and overall standard of a marina’s offeri...

Ballistic 7.8m RIBs supplied at short notice for Ready Steady Tokyo
Ballistic 7.8m RIBs supplied at short notice for Ready Steady Tokyo
Tuesday, 22 October 2019

The recent Ready Steady Tokyo, the ‘test event’ for the Games in 2020, saw seven Ballistic RIBs working hard as race support boats for the official race team on the waters of Enoshima Bay.

Set up with a customised fit out for race su...

Gunwharf Quays announces Light Show Spectacular
Gunwharf Quays announces Light Show Spectacular
Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Kick start the Christmas shopping season in style and join Gunwharf Quays for a spectacular, free, light show from 15-23 November.

With a theme of ‘Journey into winter’, the display will take spectators on a journey through the beaut...

Ocean Globe Race attracts first entries
Ocean Globe Race attracts first entries
Friday, 18 October 2019

The yawl rigged Swan 55 Galiana under full sail. © Event Media

The Rower announced
The Rower announced
Friday, 18 October 2019

Following the huge success of Mrs Lowry & Son, Genesius Pictures have announced their latest project, The Rower, with filming underway in Scotland and Northumberland and co- produced with Messy Hands Productions.

Testing the power of enduran...

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